If you have registered to take the March exam, but have not yet paid, you still have until tomorrow, March 16th to pay for the exam. Find all registration and payment details here. Last Minute Advice Plan to arrive at least 30 minutes early for your exam. We also suggest you do a test run to find your exam center

If you have registered to take the March exam, but have not yet paid, you still have until March 16th to pay for the exam. Find all registration and payment details here. For those taking the upcoming certification exam, we offer some sample questions to help you understand how they were developed, and why one answer choice will be better

Today, Thursday March 1, is the deadline for registration for our inaugural PACB exam. As long as you have registered on time, you still have until March 16th to pay for the exam. If these March dates did not work for you, the exam will be administered again in September, with those registration deadlines in August. Find all registration and

For those taking the upcoming certification exam, we offer some sample questions to help you understand how they were developed, and why one answer choice will be better than the others, even if the others seem plausible. This is the first in a series of sample questions. As stated on the Taking the Exam Page, the exam was built using

The members of the Patient Advocate Certification Board (PACB) recently learned of questions surrounding the launch of the first national certification for Patient Advocates. We hope this clarification will help you better understand the rationale to become a Board Certified Patient Advocate (BCPA.) • What is the difference between an education and a certification? At the root of some of

The Alliance of Professional Health Advocates hosted a teleconference call-in January 31, 2018 entitled Ask the PACB: Prep for the First Exam. You can find a link to the podcast of the call here. (43 minutes) Callers were encouraged to reference the exam page here on the PACB website. Find the exam page here. For those who were able to

The Patient Advocate Certification Board is pleased, proud, and excited to announce the opening of registration for the inaugural examination for professionals involved in the practice of patient advocacy. The certification will allow professionals to achieve the credential Board Certified Patient Advocate (BCPA). Achieving the credential demonstrates your competency in the practice of patient advocacy to consumers, all members of the healthcare

The PAC Board has been working diligently to prepare for both the launch of registration and for the exam, too. To aid in your planning, here are dates you should be aware of: Exam Dates: The first exam will be offered between March 17 and March 31, 2018 at your choice of locations. (You’ll choose during registration from hundreds of

For many months now, the PACB has been developing the exam which will measure an advocate’s skills, abilities, and competency to be awarded the certification, BCPA (Board Certified Patient Advocate.) As we have publicized previously, the standards to be measured by the exam were outlined in the Competencies and Best Practices, and the Ethics documents developed in 2015. Development also

Whether or not you were able to participate on our teleconference September 20, 2017, you may be interested in what our Board members had to say about the status of patient advocate certification. Among the good information shared on the call were our first testing dates, announced as March 17 to 31, 2018. We also shared the types of questions